Police say Anthony Dequan Tompkins, 23, was found laying on a stretch of sidewalk in the area of Sweet Street and Diamond Avenue late Wednesday night. Photo taken Tuesday, January 15, 2013.
Chris Clark | MLive.com

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Police say they have found no witnesses so far to a shooting that took the life of a man late Monday, Jan. 15, on the city's Northeast Side.

In a statement early Tuesday, Jan. 16, authorities identified Anthony Dequan Tompkins, 23, as a man found laying on a stretch of sidewalk in the area of Sweet Street and Diamond Avenue at about 10:10 p.m. the previous night. Tompkins was pronounced dead at the scene. He suffered a single gunshot wound and was taken to Spectrum Health Blogett Hospital for an autopsy.

Several shootings in December pushed the year's homicide rate past 2012. Authorities continue to investigate the majority of those cases, in addition to the homicide of a man on Neland Avenue Thursday, Jan. 10.

Police ask that anyone with information that may help in the investigation of either crime call the Grand Rapids Police Department at 456-3604. Tips may be given anonymously to Silent Observer at 774-2345 or online at www.silentobserver.org.